It may have been a grand piano on stage at Symphony Center that was coaxed, coddled and caressed by that grand poet Alfred Brendel, but his recital of works by three masters was in fact a celebration ...

To tackle Beethoven's encyclopedic "Diabelli Variations," as pianist Alfred Brendel did with admirable success in Davies Symphony Hall on Thursday night, means going toe to toe with the great man ...

Brendel has always been a great concerto player – not all pianists of his calibre are – and he is ending his playing career with two of the Mozart concertos, the early one in E flat, K271, which he ...

A Mozart celebration would hardly be a Mozart celebration without Alfred Brendel. The great Austrian pianist turned 75 in January, just a few weeks before Mozart would have turned 250. If one regarded ...

LONDON (AP) — Alfred Brendel, a pianist and poet renowned for his refined playing of Beethoven over a six-decade career, died Tuesday at his home in London. He was 94. Brendel’s death was announced by ...

Piano Concerto no. 22 in E Flat Major KV482, Allegro Piano Concerto no. 22 in E Flat Major KV482, Andante Piano Concerto no. 22 in E Flat Major KV482, Allegro Piano Concerto no. 25 in C Major KV503, ...

In Critic as Artist, Oscar Wilde wrote, “The world is made by the singer for the dreamer.” Entering the world of Alfred Brendel is like looking upon the introspections of a Dickensian craftsman ...

ALFRED BRENDEL inspires reverence the same way Albert Einstein did in his late years. The pianist is well known as a charming raconteur and has even made a bit of a name for himself of late as a ...

Alfred Brendel, one of the world's greatest pianists, is giving his final public performances this week. Brendel, 77, will take his final bow at the famous Golden Auditorium in the Musikverein, in ...